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Name: MANSFIELD, William Henry Charles DSO (Major)
Nee: son of Henry Wiliam Mansfield, nephew of 3rd Baron Sandhurst
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1887 Cairo
Death Date: 18 May 1961Holsworthy, Devon
First Date: 1932
Profession: Farmer
Area: Njoro, Kericho
Married: Unmarried
Book Reference: Golf, Debrett, DSO, Burke, Campling, Air
War Service: Hon Lt-Col, Major Res. of Officers, Shropshire Light Infantry, W/Cdr RFC and RAF WW1 (despatches twice)
School: Wellington College and RMC Sandhurst
General Information:
Debrett - formerly Major King's Shropshire L.I.; European War 1914-18 as Lieut.-Col. and Wing.-Com. RFC and RAF (despatches twice, DSO), European War 1939-41 with King's Roy. Rifle Corps;
Campling - 1933 - Kenya's first air force unit as a unit of the KDF - Officers included - Major Mansfield Air - Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate No. Fr. ? Dated 21 Dec 1913 (tests passed, certificate granted) - Maurice Farman Biplane, The Farman School, Etampes, France
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List Kericho
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Secretary of Njoro Golf Club in 1932. Runner-up in the Ronald Marshall Golf Competition at Njoro in 1936.
Royal Aero Clun Aviator's Certficate at the Farman School, Etampes, France 21 Dec 1913